The Best 1960s Country Songs
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Country music is the most popular genre of music and its popularity stems from classic country songs such as these from the 1960s that have paved the way for other, more current artists. Country songs are steeped in Americana and tell the story of ordinary, hard working, hard drinking, and long suffering people just like many of us. Some of the best songs came from the 1950's and the 1970's as well.
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Over 3.1K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Top Country Songs of the 1960s
- Recorded by Johnny Cash but written by June Caarter, the 1963 song is a confession of Carter's love for Cash.
2Patsy ClineThis other Patsy Cline classic was a 1961 hit and #238 on Rolling Stone's best songs of all time.- 4Marty Robbins
5Patsy ClineThis 1961 Patsy Cline hit was release just two years before her sudden death.
6June Carter Cash, Johnny Cash- This 1965 hit for Roger Miller spent 5 weeks at #1 and won a grammy
8Tammy Wynette1968 country hit by Tammy Wynette is the ultimate song about being there for your man.
9Dave Dudley
10Johnny Cash
12George JonesReleased in 1962, She Thinks I Still Care became the third #1 hit for George Jones in May of that year.
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14Glen CampbellThis 1968 Glen Campbell hit was listed as #192 on Rolling Stone's top 500 songs of all time.
15The Statler BrothersThe Statler Brothers first release in 1963 after being discovered by Johnny Cash- This was a 1960 hit for Johnny Horton on a song written by Mike Phillips
17Hank Williams III, Melvins, Henry Bogdan- This was a 1965 hit from Eddy Arnold written by Hank Cochran
- This 1968 hit for Riley was written by Tom T. Hall
20Patsy Cline
21George Jones
22Tammy Wynette
23Glen CampbellThis song was a 1969 hit for Campbell about the town in Texas
24Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, Ringo Starr, Buck OwensThis 1963 song became Buck Owens' first #1 hit.- This Kenny Rogers song was a hit in 1969 and wrttien by Mel Tills
26Porter Wagoner
27Faron Young- This 1961 Leroy Van Dyke song stayed atop the charts for 19 weeks!
- 1960s Jim Reeves hit has a smooth and velvety touch to it and stayed at #1 for 14 weeks.
- Jack Greene's first #1 hit, from 1967 this song became a Grand Ol Opry classic.
